Fountain-brush.



A. REININGER. l FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

N min MAY 21, 1915.

Datente'd May 9,1916.

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'AUGUSTIREININGEN or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed May 27, 1915. f Serial No. 30,742.

To all Iti/0m t may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, AUeUs'r RnrNiNcnR, aV citizen of the United States,residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements inFountain-Brushes, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to fountain brushes and more particularly todevices for applying stenciling liquid or the like, and the object oi'the invention is to improve the con struction and increase the utilityand etliciency of the fountain brush.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more i'ul-ly described and claimed, havingreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l, is' avertical, central sectiony through the brush. Ifig. 2, is a crosssection on line 2 2, Fig. 1. y

The device as a whole consists of a hollow handle on the upper end ofwhich is mounted. a removable cap 3. y The lower end oi the handle isenlarged to t'orm a head 4:, and is closed by a bottom section `Thehollow handle and head form a receptacle for the stenciling ink, orother fluid to be discharged.

The brush proper, indicated at 6, is constructed of bristles in theusual manner, which are suitably secured in a head 7. The centralportion of the head is threaded as at S, and is adapted to be screwed onto a threaded projection 9, formed on the bottom section 5 of the head.

The closure or bot-tom section 5 is provided with a, central opening 10,which forms a communication between the Huid receptacle and the bristlesof the brush, and this opening or passage isadapted to be opened orclosed by a cone-shaped valve 11. This valve is mounted interior of thehead and `is normally held against its seat by means of a spring 12,which is secured interior of the head by means ot a screw cap 13. Formedon one end of the valve and projecting exterior of the head, is a pushrodI 1l; this rod extends through a stuiifing box 15 which. is providedfor the purpose of preventing leakage around the rod 14. The provisionof the stuffing boX eliminates any leakage around the valve; and awasher 16 interposed between the head and the brush, prevents leakage atthat point.

In operation, when using the brush, it is only necessary to open thevalve by pressing on the outer end of the rod 14. A suitable quantity ofthey fluid is thus admitted to the bristles of the brush, the valveautomatically closing the communicating passage 10, the moment the pushrod is released, as the tension of spring 12 will force the valve backagainst its seat.

A 'fountain brush constructed as here shown, is simple and substantialin construction and neat in appearance. The exterior parts of the headand handle always remain clean, as the only escape for the fluid isthrough the central openingtlO, which conveys the fluid to the bristlesof the brush.

The materials and finish ot the several parts of the device here shown,are such as the judgment and the experience of the. manufacturer maydictate.

I wish it understood that various changes in form, proportions and minordetails ot' construction may be resorted to within the scope oit' theappended claim, and that I do not wish to limit myselil to the specificdesign and construction here shown,

Having thus'described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

In combination with a member having a fluid receiving chamber and apassage leading therefrom, and a pair of interiorly threaded openingsextending through opposite sides of said member and connected by aeolie-shaped valve seat which latter intersects the passage, acone-shaped valve in said seat having an enlargement of uniformdiameter' at one end which enlargement slides in one of said openingsand having a.

reduced push rod passing through the other oi said openings, acollspring abutting the enlargernent, a screw cap abutting the spring myhand in the presence of two subscribing and closing the opening Whichreceives the Witnesses. spring, stuiiing in the other opening, and agland closing the last named opening and AUGUST REININGER' 5 having acentral opening receiving the push Witnesses:

rod, the latter extending beyond the gland. JOHN H. kHERRING, Intestimony7 whereof I have hereunto set W. W. HEALEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtainedrfor ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

` Washington, D. C.

